Apple Oatmeal Muffins With Maple Glaze

These muffins are the result of my tireless search for a muffin that tastes like a Costco muffin, without the expense or calories. Those muffins aren't exactly the "ones" but they are close. Really close.

Muffin.

Mix the wet into the dry and get a batter that looks like this:

Make some crumb topping, I like to use the same one I make for fruit crisps.

Fill the muffin tins 2/3 of the way up and put a liberal amount of topping on.

Bake for 15-20 minutes and place on a cooling rack. I mixed up a little maple glaze and spooned some on while they were still warm.

These would be a pretty good way to start your day.

Recipe:

4 cups flour

3/4 cup white sugar

3/4 cup packed brown sugar

6 teaspoons baking powder

2 eggs

1 teaspoon salt

3/4 cup applesauce

1 1/2 cups milk

2 teaspoons cinnamon

2 teaspoons vanilla

Mix flour, sugars, salt, baking powder and cinnamon in a large bowl. Add milk, applesauce, eggs and vanilla and stir well to combine. Scoop into greased muffin tins and bake for 15-20 minutes in a 400 degree oven. 

Optional topping:

1/2 cup cold butter

2/3 cup flour

1/2 cup brown sugar

2/3 cup oats

1 teaspoon cinnamon.

Mix everything together with a pastry blender, two forks or your fingers until crumbly, sprinkle liberally onto muffins before making.

Glaze:

1 cup powdered sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1/4 pancake syrup or maple syrup

splash of milk

Mix first 4 ingredients together, add in milk a little at a time until drizzling consistency. Spoon onto muffins while still slightly warm.